Watermelons — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Watermelons — Area harvested was 15,543 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Iraq is 15,543 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 77.1% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 53,575 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 8,775 ha, in 2023.
Iraq ranks 34th of 143 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,511 ha | 20,791 ha | 47,046 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,860 ha | 29,351 ha | 53,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,365 ha | 37,475 ha | 53,575 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,562 ha | 31,750 ha | 49,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,031 ha | 30,758 ha | 53,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,378 ha | 11,728 ha | 37,078 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,682 ha | 8,775 ha | 23,733 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 31 Melanesia 18,464 ha compare
- 32 Serbia and Montenegro 18,456 ha compare
- 33 Sudan (former) 16,968 ha compare
- 35 Italy 15,510 ha compare
- 36 United Republic of Tanzania 14,041 ha compare
- 37 Colombia 13,142 ha compare
More environment data for Iraq
- Standard Deviation 0.549 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.99 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 460,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 462,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 12,088 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,033 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 78 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 160 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 193,308 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 223,355 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Iraq?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Iraq was 15,543 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 53,575 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,775 ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 34th out of 143 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.